| A | B |
|---|
| Warp | to become or make something twisted out of shape |
| Scornfully | Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy |
| Indignant | angry or annoyed at the unfairness or unreasonableness of somebody or something |
| Tumult | A disorderly commotion or disturbance |
| Irresistible | Impossible to resist |
| Nimble | Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft |
| Ebullience | Zestful enthusiasm |
| Recrimination | A countercharge |
| Triad | A group of three |
| Festoon | A string or garland, as of leaves or flowers, suspended in a loop or curve between two points |
| Tendril | A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant, such as a grape or cucumber, grasps an object or a plant for support |
| Barb | A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook |
| Bewilder | To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements |
| Flaunt | To parade oneself |
| Furtive | Characterized by stealth |
| Glimmer | A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light |
| Oppressive | Difficult to bear; burdensome |
| Inscrutable | hard to interpret because not expressing anything obviously |
| Vicissitudes | unexpected changes, especially in a person's fortunes |
| Declivities | A downward slope |
| Tacit | implied but not expressed: understood or implied without being stated openly |
| Opalescence | showing or possessing shimmering milky colors |
| Mirage | an optical illusion of a sheet of water appearing in the desert or on a hot road, caused by light being distorted by alternate layers of hot and cool air |
| Whimper | to make repeated weak plaintive crying or whining sounds of pain, distress, or fear |
| Croon | to sing or murmur something in a soft, low voice, especially to yourself or to a sleepy child |
| Preposterous | going very much against what is thought to be sensible or reasonable |
| Caper | an edible flower bud of a Mediterranean shrub, pickled or salted and used as a flavoring or garnish |
| Incredulously | unable or unwilling to believe something or completely unconvinced by it |
| Irrelevance | not relevant or important |
| Implication | something that is implied as a natural consequence of something else |
| Shrill | with a high-pitched penetrating quality |
| Malevolently | having or showing a desire to harm others |
| Gyration | movement in a circle around a fixed center |
| Blatant | so obvious or conspicuous as to be impossible to hide |
| Taboo | forbidden to be used, mentioned, or approached because of social or cultural rather than legal prohibitions |
| Sinewy | lean, tough, and muscular |
